Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Minister for Emergency Management and National Recovery and Resilience) Share this | Hansard source

We only have one mandate. It is to stand up tor the needs of rural and regional Australia. We've been doing it for a century. We're very proud to do that, because it allows us not to be distracted by other interests, by other constituencies. The big parties, fairly, have a range of constituencies that they have to manage. The Labor Party does. Unfortunately, not enough of the Labor Party MPs and senators give a damn about regional Australia. You see it in your policies, you see it in your public— (Time expired)